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Dedicated to the communication of news, science, and information of interest to the brain mapping community, and to sharing and promoting the science of brain mapping.

The purpose and goal of brain mapping is to advance the understanding of the relationship between structure and function in the human brain. Scientists in this field seek to gain knowledge of the physical processes that underlie human sensation, attention awareness and cognition. These results are immediately applicable to surgical intervention, to the design of medical interventions and to the treatment of psychological and psychiatric disorders.

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The Transiti… 05/16 NIH-funded research provides new clues on how ApoE4 affects Alzheimer's risk Common variants of the ApoE gene are strongly associated with the risk of developing late-onset Alzh… 05/16 Paralyzed individuals use thought-controlled robotic arm to reach and grasp In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her ow… 05/15 Final Weeks to Register for NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration in Washington, D.C. - June 20-22, 2012 Notice NOT-OD-12-109 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/15 Enhancing post-market surveillance through developing registries for medical device epidemiology (U01) Funding Opportunity RFA-FD-12-028 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. (1) To d… 05/15 Request for Information (RFI): The National Database for Autism Research Challenge Notice NOT-MH-12-027 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/15 Macroeconomic Aspects of Population Aging (R01) Funding Opportunity PAR-12-186 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Fundin… 05/15 NINR welcomes five new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) announces five new members to the National Advisor… 05/15 Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of Medications to Treat Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) (R01) Funding Opportunity RFA-DA-13-004 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The Nati… 05/14 National Institute on Aging Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease Genome Sequencing Project Data [U19] Funding Opportunity PAR-12-183 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The Nationa… 05/14 Notice of Correction to Application Due Date, Expiration Date, Funds Available and Award Budget for RFA-FD-12-021 Pharmacokinetics Studies of Tacrolimus in Transplant Patients (U01) Notice NOT-FD-12-010 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/14 Technical Assistance Webinar for RFA-ES-12-001: Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers (P01) Notice NOT-ES-12-011 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/14 NIH statement on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day - May 18, 2012 There is a growing consensus that we can significantly curtail the HIV/AIDS pandemic by implementing… 05/08 NIH Medical Research Scholars Program Announces First Class The National Institutes of Health has selected a talented pool of 45 medical, dental, and veterinary… 05/07 Awake mental replay of past experiences critical for learning Awake mental replay of past experiences is essential for making informed choices, suggests a study i… 05/07 NIH scientists find that chromosomal abnormalities are associated with aging and cancer Two new studies have found that large structural abnormalities in chromosomes, some of which have be… --- This feed has moved Update your feedreader: this feed has now (or rather, ages ago) moved to http://www.nimh.nih.gov/sit…		05/17 Study Shows High-Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning, Memory Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as … 05/17 Thought Controlled Robotic Arm For Paralyzed Patients The journal Nature reports on a science fiction style jump in technology, where an interface on th… 05/16 Apolipoprotein E controls cerebrovascular integrity via cyclophilin A Human apolipoprotein E has three isoforms: APOE2, APOE3 and APOE4. APOE4 is a major genetic risk fac… 05/16 UCLA researchers map damaged connections in Phineas Gage's brain In 1848, a 13-pound iron rod sliced through Gage's brain. He survived. Studying that accident, UCLA … 05/16 Quadriplegic Patient Has Some Hand Function Restored By Surgeons Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function i… 05/16 People with paralysis control robotic arms to reach and grasp using brain computer interface A new study in Nature reports that two people with tetraplegia were able to reach for and grasp obje… 05/16 Researcher Discovers Role of Gene Variant Associated with Alzheimer?s Disease in Damage to Brain Circulation, Function A gene variant responsible for vascular damage to the brain is a promising new target for drug thera… 05/15 Segmentation of Corpus Callosum using diffusion tensor imaging: validation in patients with glioblastoma Background: This paper presents a three-dimensional (3D) method for segmenting corpus callosum in no… 05/15 Surgeons Restore Some Hand Function to Quadriplegic Patient Technique could help those with C6, C7 spinal cord injuries. Surgeons at Washington University Schoo… 05/15 Some Symptoms Of Multiple Sclerosis Respond To Smoked Cannabis A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of California, … 05/14 New Study Discovers Powerful Function Of Single Protein That Controls Neurotransmission Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that the single protein - alpha 2 delta … 05/14 The Brain's Neuronal Circuit Excitability May Be Altered By Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Lead To Brain Network Dysfunction Even mild head injuries can cause significant abnormalities in brain function that last for several … 05/14 Let There Be Light: It?s Good for Our Brains EPFL scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert … 05/14 Smoked Cannabis Reduces Some Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis Controlled trial shows improved spasticity, reduced pain after smoking medical marijuana. A clinical… 05/13 ?2? expression sets presynaptic calcium channel abundance and release probability Synaptic neurotransmitter release is driven by Ca2+ influx through active zone voltage-gated calcium… 05/13 Recurrent network activity drives striatal synaptogenesis Neural activity during development critically shapes postnatal wiring of the mammalian brain. This i… 05/13 Compartmentalized calcium dynamics in a C. elegans interneuron encode head movement The confinement of neuronal activity to specific subcellular regions is a mechanism for expanding th… 05/13 Genetic recombination is directed away from functional genomic elements in mice Genetic recombination occurs during meiosis, the key developmental programme of gametogenesis. 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Many of… 05/06 An oxygen-regulated switch in the protein synthesis machinery Protein synthesis involves the translation of ribonucleic acid information into proteins, the buildi… 05/04 Scientists measure communication between stem cell-derived motor neurons, muscle cells By tracking the cells' synaptic activity in a Petri dish, the UCLA researchers hope to gain insight … 05/02 Clonally related visual cortical neurons show similar stimulus feature selectivity A fundamental feature of the mammalian neocortex is its columnar organization. In the visual cortex,… 05/02 Experimental adaptation of an influenza H5 HA confers respiratory droplet transmission to a reassortant H5 HA/H1N1 virus in ferrets Highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza A viruses occasionally infect humans, but currently do not tr… 05/02 A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change Evidence is mounting that extinctions are altering key processes important to the productivity and s… 05/02 Preferential electrical coupling regulates neocortical lineage-dependent microcircuit assembly Radial glial cells are the primary neural progenitor cells in the developing neocortex. 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At left: H.M. dies at 82

Henry Gustav Molaison, known to the science community as H.M. passed away today (December 4th, 2008) due to respiratory failure. H.M. will forever be remembered for his immeasurable contribution to our understanding of the brain and memory. On september 5, 1953 H.M. underwent medial temporal lobe surgery for the treatment of intractable epilepsy. In the following months H.M.'s seizures resolved, but curiously he was left with anterograde amnesia; leaving unable to form new long-term memories. In the following years, up until this past week scientist have continuously studied H.M. attempting to better understand how memories are formed and retrieved. Specifically, work with H.M. has helped us understand the brain's declarative versus working memory systems. Even more importantly, H.M. will be remembered for his kindness and wiliness to act as a research subject for the advancement of science.

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